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...hands." She starts her boss off gently in the morning with Bach and Schumann, working up in intensity as the day progresses to Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. At night Carter is his own deejay. Among his recent choices: Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor and Franck's Symphony in D Minor...
...Bach Society Orchestra conducted by Kip Wilkins '78 features Richard Kogan '77 playing Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto. Concert also includes Mozart's Overture to the Marriage of Figaro and Bartok's Divertimento for Strings. Pre-concert prelude (8 pm) will consist of music for two brass choirs by Gabrieli. Sanders Theater...
...concert Saturday night was a relatively good performance of an intriguing program that could have been played in just a slightly more inspired fashion. The orchestra, under conductor Yames Yannatos, gave a generally spirited performance of Britten, Gershwin and Mussorgsky. Soloist John Melnyk's performance of the Gershwin Piano Concerto in F was a fine combination of control and verve which highlighted the evening. But the feeling and dynamic playing which a work such as "Pictures at an Exhibition" can evoke even in its less energetic passages did not always appear in what otherwise was a well-executed, if sometimes...
Soloist Melnyk, winner of this year's HRO concerto competition, teamed with the orchestra in a fine performance of Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F. Melnyk's confident playing brought a luster to the interesting and varied passages of this work. His lucid style contrasted unfortunately with the orchestra's occasionally less than clear playing, but the rendering was fine on the whole, particularly in its relentless last stages...
...concerto's first movement Allegro signalled some of the unusual, if dubious instrumentation which Gershwin wrote into the work. Elegant piano flurries, which Melnyk delivered with consummate clearness and excitement, seemed more than once gratuitously marred by chopping sounds from the tympani. But Gershwin's orchestration is extolled as clever or charming by many; there's no point in carping about something which many people inveterately enjoy. The performance of such unusual sections and of the rest of the piece was usually quite exciting, due in large part to the pianist's resounding and sensitive execution. The orchestra was particularly...